Churchill Mk.III, Junior Regiment, 21st Tank Brigade, 145th Royal Armoured Corps, Tunis 1943
Barcode: 0 89195 60431 6
Case Pack: 24 pieces per carton
Box Size: 7.2" x 3.1" x 3.7"
The Churchill infantry tank is a most distinctive design with its extremely
long chassis and wraparound tracks. Named after the British minister of defense
of the time, the Churchill tank was very well armored. It was produced in a
series of versions that offered thicker armor and more powerful armament as
the war progressed. The Mk.III, weighing in at 39,626kg, arrived on the scene
in March 1942. It featured a 6-pounder gun in the all-welded turret, and the
hull-mounted howitzer fitted in previous variants was deleted. Its baptism of
fire was in the Second Battle of El Alamein in October 1942, plus the Mk.III
was also famously involved in the failed landing at Dieppe in northern France.
